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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 15 Feb 2013

    Update: UK retail sales fell unexpectedly in January, hurt by heavy snowfallhttp://bbc.in/Yj4j6F 

    1:54 AM - 15 Feb 2013
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      1. Helen Walmsley-J‏ @TheVintageYear 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        So did I... RT @BBCBreaking: Update: UK retail sales fell unexpectedly in January, hurt by heavy snowfall http://bbc.in/Yj4j6F 

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      2. Jo Jensen‏ @Mschatnoir 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Labours fault, and the disabled and single mums.......

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      3. Chris John Ball‏ @cjball_london 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @Mschatnoir

        @Mschatnoir @BBCBreaking we can be certain that this Tory LibDem Vichy Collaboration will not accept responsibility for the problem.

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      4. Jo Jensen‏ @Mschatnoir 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @cjball_london

        @cjball_london @BBCBreaking no, they won't accept it for anything, that much is clear *psychopaths*

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      5. Chris John Ball‏ @cjball_london 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @Mschatnoir

        @Mschatnoir @BBCBreaking tho they R not noted for it, we would get more in way of empathy from psychopaths - need new definition 4 this lot.

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      6. Jo Jensen‏ @Mschatnoir 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @cjball_london

        @cjball_london @BBCBreaking Golems of hell.

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      1. Peter h‏ @suss100 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking- what I can't understand is why snow is being blamed for the short fall in January 2013 sales and not the economy.

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      1. Kerry Edees‏ @KerryEdees 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking We're #RECRUITING NOW to cope with the INCREASE in our sales. Vacancies throughout the UK. http://bit.ly/oMZpW1  #job #work

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      1. Margaret Lemmon‏ @MargaretLemmon2 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking no shit sherlock!

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      1. Mary Anslow‏ @MaryAnslow 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking in part snow but largely efforts which went in to fund Christmas! How fortunate that weather can be blamed, again

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      1. Dave‏ @DaveDavetron 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking yea lets blame people on benefits , lets add window tax to this new bedroom tax , so that people who have £75 to live on pay 70

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      1. peckhambog‏ @peckhambog 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking hurt by a heavy snow ball - possibly; snow fall - can't picture it

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      2. Anna Jonson Sahlberg‏ @MrsSahlberg 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @drjonson de stängde ju! “@BBCBreaking: Update: UK retail sales fell unexpectedly in January, hurt by heavy snowfall http://bbc.in/Yj4j6F ”

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      3. Daniel Jonson‏ @drjonson 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @MrsSahlberg

        @MrsSahlberg Ja, inte så konstigt! Har du sett meteoranfallet idag?

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      1. Lisa marren‏ @MarrenLisa 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking why is it this coalition govt never accepts being in the wrong! The most disastrous govt ever!!!!

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      1. agnes simon‏ @aggirosemary 15 Feb 2013
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        @bbcbreaking Africa people dont face those hit, i always feel so sad, when i hear this kind of thing happening to people, GOD help us.

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      1. Paul Brunton‏ @Pwalo1 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Bullshit!!!! UK retail sales fell because the banks stole all our fucking money. Tell the god damned truth for a change

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      1. Berni Abbott‏ @Tinker_bellb38 15 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking these blips are normal in retail however retailers also need to react quickly to sudden changes in weather etc to utilise sales

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      1. emran عمران‏ @emran_446 15 Feb 2013
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        @BBCBreaking not hurt by snowfall BUT BY food crruption selling horsemeat as beef and seahorse meat as fish fingures tthast y sals fall

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